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Crown Prince Hassan (the late Hussein's brother) is no dummy; he is an excellent, hard-headed, realistic observer of Middle Eastern politics who works for peaceful coexistence rather than ideological triumphalism.","ub_date":"1227358245","bookmark_date":"1200986383","tags_str":"international<\/a>, interview<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, nbrtum<\/a>, news<\/a>","se_id":"interview-with-jordans-prince-hassan","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/world\/article\/0,8599,1605487,00.html","bookmark_desc":"A Deadly U.S.-Iran Firefight | TIME","bookmark_notes":"US and Iranian troops exchanged small-arms and RPG fire last September on the Iran-Iraq border. 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Via WatchingAmerica.","ub_date":"1227358326","bookmark_date":"1199911454","tags_str":"media<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, news<\/a>, opinion<\/a>","se_id":"jordan-times-opinion-section-andquotus-image-problem-rooted-in-historyandquot","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/bb\/middle_east\/jan-june06\/palestine_1-24.html","bookmark_desc":"Online NewsHour: A Preview of The Palestinian Elections-- January 24, 2006","bookmark_notes":"Transcript of a pre-election report from PBS. Not all their predictions came true, but still, it's a thoughtful piece. It's not about U.S. pluralism, but it does raise some interesting questions about the practical and conceptual relationships between act","ub_date":"1227358322","bookmark_date":"1199911451","tags_str":"international<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, nbrrrb<\/a>, news<\/a>, politics<\/a>, violence<\/a>","se_id":"online-newshour-a-preview-of-the-palestinian-elections-january-24-2006","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2006\/02\/06\/news\/mood.php","bookmark_desc":"For Iranians, religion relates to the nuclear issue - Africa & Middle East - International Herald Tribune","bookmark_notes":"Popular sentiment in Isfahan suggests a connection between Shiite identity and Iran's nuclear aspirations.","ub_date":"1227358321","bookmark_date":"1199911449","tags_str":"international<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, news<\/a>","se_id":"for-iranians-religion-relates-to-the-nuclear-issue-africa-and-middle-east-international-herald-tribune","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/hotzone.yahoo.com\/b\/hotzone\/blogs2572","bookmark_desc":"Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone From Yahoo! 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This has apparently made something of a splash amongst pro-Israel US Democrats. 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ISRAEL'S DILEMMA By JOHN PODHORETZ - New York Post Online Edition: Postopinion","bookmark_notes":"Argues that Israel (and the US) cannot stomach the ruthlessness required for successful war-fighting any more. Strikes me as absolutely preposterous.","ub_date":"1227358299","bookmark_date":"1199911427","tags_str":"conservatives<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, news<\/a>, opinion<\/a>","se_id":"too-nice-to-win-israels-dilemma-by-john-podhoretz-new-york-post-online-edition-postopinion","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/wwwlb.aub.edu.lb\/~weboutl\/volume35\/issue4\/66.html","bookmark_desc":"AUB - Outlook Student Newspaper :: Latest Issue","bookmark_notes":"An interview with Timur Goksel, the former head (a Turk) of UNIFIL, now a prof. at American University of Beirut.","ub_date":"1227358299","bookmark_date":"1199911427","tags_str":"middle_east<\/a>, print_and_read<\/a>","se_id":"aub-outlook-student-newspaper-latest-issue","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/week950\/exclusive.html","bookmark_desc":"Religion & Ethics Newsweekly: Battle for the Middle East","bookmark_notes":"PBS on the Shia-Sunni split. Interview with Vali Nasr of the Naval Postgraduate School.","ub_date":"1227358294","bookmark_date":"1199911423","tags_str":"islam<\/a>, journalism<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, religion<\/a>","se_id":"religion-and-ethics-newsweekly-battle-for-the-middle-east","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/fact\/content\/articles\/060821fa_fact","bookmark_desc":"Seymour Hersh, Watching Lebanon | The New Yorker: Fact","bookmark_notes":"Seymour Hersh's latest on the Bush administration and the Lebanon crisis.","ub_date":"1227358295","bookmark_date":"1199911423","tags_str":"middle_east<\/a>, news<\/a>, u.s.-news<\/a>, war<\/a>","se_id":"seymour-hersh-watching-lebanon-the-new-yorker-fact","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/ontheface.blogware.com\/blog\/_archives\/2006\/7\/18\/2134966.html","bookmark_desc":"On the Face :: The most blogged war?","bookmark_notes":"On the fact that ordinary Lebanese and Israelis were communicating in real time during the conflict via the Internet.","ub_date":"1227358294","bookmark_date":"1199911422","tags_str":"blogclip<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, violence<\/a>, war<\/a>","se_id":"on-the-face-the-most-blogged-war","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/38128614@N00\/209230039\/in\/photostream","bookmark_desc":"Bomb shelter #30, Metulla on Flickr - Photo Sharing!","bookmark_notes":"Somehow this picture seems very powerful","ub_date":"1227358294","bookmark_date":"1199911422","tags_str":"image<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, photo<\/a>, war<\/a>","se_id":"bomb-shelter-30-metulla-on-flickr-photo-sharing","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/national\/1107AP_Mideast_Face_of_Hezbollah.html","bookmark_desc":"Hezbollah fighter's zeal undiminished","bookmark_notes":"Interview with a purported Hizbullah fighter. Suggests the depth and extent of the organization's roots in Lebanon's countryside.","ub_date":"1227358294","bookmark_date":"1199911422","tags_str":"international<\/a>, interview<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, news<\/a>, violence<\/a>","se_id":"hezbollah-fighters-zeal-undiminished","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.news.com.au\/story\/0,20876,20009239-28737,00.html","bookmark_desc":"Inside a death house | Features | The Australian","bookmark_notes":"Includes very grisly details about the experience of civilians trapped during the Israeli bombing of Qana, early Aug. 2006.","ub_date":"1227358294","bookmark_date":"1199911422","tags_str":"middle_east<\/a>, war<\/a>","se_id":"inside-a-death-house-features-the-australian","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/09\/05\/world\/asia\/05afghan.html?ex=1315108800&en=3c5dce293cc0b7ca&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss","bookmark_desc":"Afghan Symbol for Change Becomes a Symbol of Failure - New York Times","bookmark_notes":"A truly depressing article, on how disastrously the U.S. effort in Afghanistan (remember Afghanistan?) has failed.","ub_date":"1227358288","bookmark_date":"1199911417","tags_str":"afghanistan<\/a>, bad_news<\/a>, international<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, news<\/a>","se_id":"afghan-symbol-for-change-becomes-a-symbol-of-failure-new-york-times","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/fact\/content\/articles\/060710fa_fact","bookmark_desc":"Seymour Hersch | Last Stand: The military\u2019s problem with the President\u2019s Iran policy.","bookmark_notes":"Why the U.S. military is objecting to Presidential plans to attack Iran (from July 2006).","ub_date":"1227358285","bookmark_date":"1199911413","tags_str":"middle_east<\/a>, military<\/a>, war<\/a>","se_id":"seymour-hersch-last-stand-the-militarys-problem-with-the-presidents-iran-policy-","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.prospect.org\/web\/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=11541","bookmark_desc":"American Prospect Online - ViewPrint","bookmark_notes":"A profile of evangelical pastor John Hagee and his \"prophetic\" perspective on Iran. Hint: he thinks we should invade.","ub_date":"1227358282","bookmark_date":"1199911411","tags_str":"christianity<\/a>, evangelicalism<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, religion<\/a>, viaclipmarks<\/a>, violence<\/a>","se_id":"american-prospect-online-viewprint","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/story\/39748","bookmark_desc":"AlterNet: Lobbying for Armageddon","bookmark_notes":"On the overlap between the neoconservative agenda in the Middle East and the \"Christian Zionist\" drive towards Armageddon.","ub_date":"1227358282","bookmark_date":"1199911411","tags_str":"christianity<\/a>, evangelicalism<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, religion<\/a>, violence<\/a>","se_id":"alternet-lobbying-for-armageddon","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/headlines.agapepress.org\/archive\/7\/242006f.asp","bookmark_desc":"Bombing \"softens Muslims\" to Gospel","bookmark_notes":"From July 2006: Samaritan's Purse finds that getting the shit bombed out of them makes Muslims more likely to accept Jesus. Via http:\/\/snurl.com\/11q5v","ub_date":"1227358269","bookmark_date":"1199911398","tags_str":"christianity<\/a>, evangelicalism<\/a>, lebanon<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, religion<\/a>, viabartholomew<\/a>, violence<\/a>, war<\/a>","se_id":"bombing-andquotsoftens-muslimsandquot-to-gospel","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.btselem.org\/English\/index.asp","bookmark_desc":"B'tselem: an Israeli human rights information group","bookmark_notes":"The site of an Israeli group dedicated to documenting a broad spectrum of human rights abuses in the Occupied Territories. A well-designed website with a lot of information.","ub_date":"1227358262","bookmark_date":"1199911390","tags_str":"east<\/a>, law<\/a>, middle<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, news<\/a>, rights<\/a>, violence<\/a>","se_id":"btselem-an-israeli-human-rights-information-group","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/01\/12\/washington\/12intel.html?_r=1&oref=login","bookmark_desc":"Negroponte warns of growing Shiite militancy in Iraq","bookmark_notes":"While everyone's arguing about the \"surge\" and about whether there's a \"civil war\" going on yet, signs of a broader, more ominous, region-wide destabilization are on the horizon.","ub_date":"1227358259","bookmark_date":"1199911388","tags_str":"bad_news<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>","se_id":"negroponte-warns-of-growing-shiite-militancy-in-iraq","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/nationalpost\/news\/issuesideas\/story.html?id=529665be-b3e7-4607-bc58-249e61a1544f&p=2","bookmark_desc":"Syrian intel agency influencing Western policies? [4]","bookmark_notes":"Maher Arar, the Canadian who was seized by US operatives while changing planes in NYC, shipped to Syria, tortured for ten months and then set free, is receiving a settlement from the Canadian government. Tthe US denies wrongdoing. This column details the","ub_date":"1227358256","bookmark_date":"1199911385","tags_str":"gwot<\/a>, international<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, opinion<\/a>, politics<\/a>, torture<\/a>","se_id":"syrian-intel-agency-influencing-western-policies-4","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/nationalpost\/news\/issuesideas\/story.html?id=529665be-b3e7-4607-bc58-249e61a1544f","bookmark_desc":"Syrian intel agency influencing Western policies?","bookmark_notes":"Maher Arar, the Canadian who was seized by US operatives while changing planes in NYC, shipped to Syria, tortured for ten months and then set free, is receiving a settlement from the Canadian government. Tthe US denies wrongdoing. This column details the","ub_date":"1227358256","bookmark_date":"1199911385","tags_str":"gwot<\/a>, international<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, opinion<\/a>, politics<\/a>, torture<\/a>","se_id":"syrian-intel-agency-influencing-western-policies","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.tpmmuckraker.com\/archives\/002534.php","bookmark_desc":"Here's the \"proof\" of Iranian involvement in Iraq","bookmark_notes":"Talking Points Memo has posted the briefing, in the form of Powerpoint slides, given to reporters a few days ago in Baghdad, which purports to prove that Iran is behind attacks on US troops in Iraq. Worth a perusal. It's interesting to note what it does a","ub_date":"1227358252","bookmark_date":"1199911381","tags_str":"gwot<\/a>, iraq<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, politics<\/a>, war<\/a>","se_id":"heres-the-andquotproofandquot-of-iranian-involvement-in-iraq","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.openbethlehem.org\/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=107&Itemid=17","bookmark_desc":"Poll: Bethlehem's Christians fear Israelis, not Muslims","bookmark_notes":"An interesting polling result from OpenBethlehem.org. They find that Americans have enormous misconceptions about Bethlehem's history, demographics, and even location; while Christian Bethlehemites, who are mostly Palestinians, see Israel as systematicall","ub_date":"1227358250","bookmark_date":"1199911379","tags_str":"christianity<\/a>, islam<\/a>, israel<\/a>, judaism<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, palestine<\/a>, religion<\/a>","se_id":"poll-bethlehems-christians-fear-israelis-not-muslims","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/publication\/11038","bookmark_desc":"\"Our enemies aren't drinking lattes\": logistics and supply lines in the US military","bookmark_notes":"An interesting piece from summer 2006 on the massive military infrastructure devoted to logistical operations and how that may be hampering performance in other areas.","ub_date":"1227358251","bookmark_date":"1199911379","tags_str":"gwot<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, military<\/a>, war<\/a>","se_id":"andquotour-enemies-arent-drinking-lattesandquot-logistics-and-supply-lines-in-the-us-military","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/atimes\/Middle_East\/IB28Ak01.html","bookmark_desc":"It's official: Iraq's oil belongs to US corporations","bookmark_notes":"According to commentary from the Asia Times Online, the newly mandated \"Federal oil council\" of Iraq, which will control the country's energy resources, is going to consist largely of U.S. oil executives.","ub_date":"1227358249","bookmark_date":"1199911378","tags_str":"bushies<\/a>, energy<\/a>, iraq<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, oil<\/a>, politics<\/a>, war<\/a>","se_id":"its-official-iraqs-oil-belongs-to-us-corporations","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/world\/iraq\/article1434540.ece","bookmark_desc":"Military opposition to possible war on Iran","bookmark_notes":"UK intelligence sources report in the Times (London) that there will likely be a wave of resignations among high-level staff officers should the Bush administration decide to launch a military operation against Iran.","ub_date":"1227358250","bookmark_date":"1199911378","tags_str":"middle_east<\/a>, military<\/a>, politics<\/a>","se_id":"military-opposition-to-possible-war-on-iran","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/week602\/juergensmeyer.html","bookmark_desc":"Mark Juergensmeyer commentary: \"The Moral War Against Iraq,\" September 13, 2002","bookmark_notes":"Commentary by Mark Juergensmeyer on Bush's United Nations speech of September 2002, in which he laid out the case against Iraq. Juergensmeyer remarks particularly on his use of quasi-religious language to make his case. (He's skeptical.)","ub_date":"1227358248","bookmark_date":"1199911377","tags_str":"iraq<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, politics<\/a>, rels327<\/a>, war<\/a>","se_id":"mark-juergensmeyer-commentary-andquotthe-moral-war-against-iraqandquot-september-13-2002","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"},{"data_type":"bookmark","bookmark_url":"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/ap\/2007\/04\/29\/africa\/ME-GEN-Egypt-Brotherhood-Arrests.php","bookmark_desc":"Egypt arrests 2 Muslim Brotherhood MPs, 10 others, in ongoing crackdown","bookmark_notes":"The Mubarak government's crackdown on the banned Muslim Brotherhood continues in an apparent effort to prevent the organization from fielding candidates for parliamentary elections. Wouldn't want to bring TOO much democracy to the Middle East, now.","ub_date":"1227358238","bookmark_date":"1199911370","tags_str":"international<\/a>, islam<\/a>, middle_east<\/a>, news<\/a>, religion<\/a>, viaglobalvoices<\/a>","se_id":"egypt-arrests-2-muslim-brotherhood-mps-10-others-in-ongoing-crackdown","user_name":"nbr","user_img":"cartoon_scowl.jpg","user_count":"1"}]